DAYTON ABDUCTION: Two Girls Taken, One Missing

DAYTON ABDUCTION: Two Girls Taken, One Missing

Authorities in Webster County are searching for a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped Monday afternoon.

According to police a 15-year-old and 12-year-old accepted a ride from a stranger in a big red truck while they were standing at their bus stop near Dayton just before 4 p.m. Friends say the man offered the girls a job mowing lawn.

One of the girls was able to escape from the man and run to a nearby farm house.

Police sources confirm that the man who allegedly took the girls is deceased and that he hanged himself.

The owner of that farm house told Channel 13 the girl came running up to him barefoot, crying and covered in cuts. She told the farmer she had been kidnapped and taken to a nearby hog farm. The farmer then called police.

The 15-year-old girl is still missing, she is identified as Kathlynn Shepard. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and a Minnesota Vikings hat. She has blonde hair, blue eyes and stands 5’6″ tall and weighs 160 pounds. Authorities are asking residents in and around the area where Boone, Webster and Hamilton counties meet to keep an eye out for Kathlynn.

If you have any information in the case or want to volunteer to search for Kathlynn you’re asked to contact the Webster County Sheriff’s Office at 515-573-2323.